Composite blank and method for gold and silver leaf sign-letters and ornaments for glass.



J. A. DAINOFF.

COMPOSITE BLANK AND METHOD FOR GOLD AND'SILVER LEAF SIGN LETTERS ANDORNAMENTS FOR GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1914.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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A d'ULIUS A. DAINOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CQMPOSITE BLANK AND METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER LEAF SIGN-LETTERS ANDORNAMENTS FOR GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

Application filed April 27, 1914. Serial No. 834,689.

To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, JULIUS, ABRAHAM DAINoFF, asubject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the borough ofBrooklyn, in the city of New York, York, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Composite. Blanks andMethods for Gold and Silver Leaf Sign-Letters and Ornaments for Glass,whereof the-following is a speci fication.

The object of this invention is'to avoid the difficulties and reduce thetime required for the formation of gold and silver leaf lettering onwindows and other similar surfaces.

This invention relates to composite blanks for gold or silver leaf signletters, characters or ornaments, easily applicable by an unskilledperson to the glass of a window or door pane or other article to form asign or ornament thereon.

Figure 1 of the acompanying drawings represents a perspective view ofone embodiment of this invention, this illustration bein in the form ofa composite-sign letter blank ready for application to the glass. Fig. 2represents a composite sheet blank from which composite sign letter andornament blanks have been cut. Fig. 3 represents a rearelevation of apane of glass having a composite metal leaf sign letter blank apliedthereto in reverse position, showing t e'temporary backing of theblank under process ofremoval. ig. 4 represents the front elevation ofa' pane of lass having applied thereto a sign letter rom one of thesecomposite blanks, showing a border of a permanent backing applied to theletter and extending beyond t e metal leaf. Fig. 5 repre'sentsa verticalsection on line 55 of Fig. 4 showing a letter from one of these blanksapplied to the glass and covered with a permanent backing of paint. Fig.6 represents a perspective View of a fragment of a glass pane havin oneof these composite letter. blanks apphed thereto, this figure county ofNew backing of the metal leaf letter coming off with said holding sheet.

The same reference numbers are used in all the figures to indicate thesame parts.

An embodiment'of this invention comprises a backing 1 and a layer 2 ofmetal leaf superposed thereon to which is preferably added another layer3 of metal leaf.

The backing 1 consists of a thin sheet of absorbent material preferablycomposed of ordinary tissue paper, newspaper or the like. A coating ofrefined oil preferably olive oil is applied to a sheet of the paperdesigned to form the backing and the so coated sheet is allowed to standfor ten minutes more or less until the oil soaks into the body of thepaper. Then a sheet of gold or silver leaf 2 is applied to the oiledpaper sheet and adheres thereto. Then a second sheet 3 of gold orsilverleaf is applied over the sheet 2 and adheres thereto. A slightpressure is applied to the superposed layers and they adhere together.Then a portion of the three-ply sheet, or two-ply sheet as. the case maybe, corresponding in shape to'the desired letter or other character ordesign is cut or stamped out. The cut out portion constitutes acomposite blank containing gold or silver leaf letters, characters orornamental devices ready for application to the window or other place ofuse.

These-composite layers or other characters or ornaments may be placed onthe market as articles of manufacture or supplied by order of the users.V

In the application of a letter, character or ornament contained in thecut out composite blank to the glass 10, a holding. sheet or strip 40 ispreferably attached bysome adhesive matter at two or three points asindicated at 5 to the composite blank. This strip projects at oppositeends or opposite sides beyond the body of the cut out composite blankand the projecting ends can be grasped by the operator for placing theletter or other device on the glass.

The back of the glass panewhere the lettering or other device is to beapplied is prepared in the usual manner of preparing panes for theapplication of gold leaf in its crude state, namely, by a weak solutionof gelatin and boiled water. Then each comcharacters or ornaments ingcomposed of an absorbent sheet of paper material containing a refinedoil,

a letter or other deposite blank containing holding sheet 4 and vice isgrasped by the placed in position with its metal leaf letters orornaments against the pane. The letters, characters or ornaments soplaced with their backings and holding sheets adhering thereto areallowed to dry 'on the glass for a period of from five to thirty minutesaccording to the conditionof the atmosphere. After the so appliedletters or other devices are snfliciently dry, the holding sheet -l andthe backing sheet 1 are pulled off simultaneously from each as indicatedin Fig. 7, or the backing sheet may be pulled off sepa-' rately asindicated in Fig. 3. An application of benzin to the back of the holdingsheet 4 or backing 1 will facilitate the removal thereof.

After the holding sheet and backing are removed a coating of paint 6 isap lied by means of a brush to the .back oft e letter and a shading orcomplete border may be formed on the glass beyond the gold leaf asindicated in Fi 4. paint of any color may be used for t is purpose. Thiscoating of paint protects the letter and secures its permanency on theglass.

These composite blanks for letters or other characters or ornamentaldesigns may in some cases be practical when made with one layer of metalleaf or with more than two layers thereof, but two layers of the leafare preferable, as one layer will cover any defects or pinholes in theother.

These composite blanks for old and silver sign letters, ornaments, anthe like are economical to manufacture, prevent waste of gold or silverleaf and avoid loss of time. By their use the sign letters or otherornaments can be applied and finished at one time; whereas in theordinary application of gold or silver leaf letters two or more visitson different days are required. Moreover these composite blanks enablethe letters or otherdesigns to be easily applied to skyli hts or other(places where it is difiicult for t e painter to esi'gn and paint theindividual letters.

Iclaim as my invention:

1. A composite blank for sign letters, characters or ornamentscomprising a backing composed of an absorbent sheet of'paper or similarmaterial containing a refined oil, and a sheet of metal leaf adherinthereto.

2. A composite blank for sign letters,

comprising a backor similar the paper,

and two superposed layers ofmetal leaf adhering to each other and to s'd oiled back- 3. The method of making a composite blank for metal leafletters, characters or ornaments which consists in applying refined oilto an absorbent sheet of thin paper and allowing the oil to soak intothe paper, and then placing the oiled paper in contact with a sheet 0metal leaf, whereby said leaves will adhere to ether.

4. The method 0 making a composite blank for metal leaf letters,characters or ornaments which consists in applying refined oil to anabsorbent sheet of thin paper and allowing the oil to soak into thepaper, and then placin the oiled aper in contact with a sheet of metallea whereby said leaves will adhere together, andthen apply- }ing asecond layer of metal leaf over the rst.

5. A metal leaf character or ornament blank comprising a backingcomposed of an absorbent sheet of ipaper or similar material containin are ned oil, and a sheet of metal leaf adhering thereto. I

6. A metal leaf character or ornament blank comprising a backingcomposed of an absorbent sheet of paper or similar material containing arefined oil, and two superposed layers of metal leaf adhering to eachother and to said oiled backing.

7. The method of making a metal leaf character or ornament blank whichconsists in a plying refined oil to an absorbent sheet of t in paper,allowing the oil to soak into placingthe oil soaked paper in contactwith a sheet of metal leaf and permitting said oiled paper and metalleaf to adhere by attraction, and then cutting out the character orornament blank from the so adhering sheets.

8. The method of making a metal leaf character or ornament blank whichconsists in applying refined oil to an absorbent sheet of thmpaper,allowing the oil to soak. into the paper, placing the oil soaked paperin contact with mitting said oiled aper and metal lea to adhere byattraction, applying a second layer of metal leaf overthe first, andthen cuttin out the character or ornament blank from t e so adheringsheets.

JULIUS A. DAINOFF.

Witnesses FRANK CHASE Sons, MARI Y. BROOKS.

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